A lengthy roster of silks and juniors with invaluable expertise in a wide range of family and matrimonial matters. Chambers has good quality and experienced counsel available to deal with all aspects of cases and all levels of complexity.”
Family & Divorce Team
Christopher Sharp KC
- Call: 1975
- Silk: 1999
Lucy Reed KC
- Call: 2002
- Silk: 2023
Susan Hunter
- Call: 1985
Nick Miller
- Call: 1994
Sarah Phillimore
- Call: 1994
Jacqueline Humphreys
- Call: 1994
Judi Evans
- Call: 1996
Abigail Bond
- Call: 1999
Delia Thornton
- Call: 1999
Zahid Hussain
- Call: 2001
Caroline Elford
- Call: 2002
Julia Belyavin
- Call: 2003
Zoë Saunders
- Call: 2003
Jody Atkinson
- Call: 2005
Olivia Pike
- Call: 2008
Richard Norman
- Call: 2009
Jack Harris
- Call: 2012
Oliver Riley
- Call: 2013
Asha Groves
- Call: 2013
Bethany Scarsbrook
- Call: 2014
Ryan Morgan
- Call: 2017
Sophie Smith-Holland
- Call: 2015
Harriet Dudbridge
- Call: 2015
Sarah Fincham
- Call: 2018
Dominik Morton
- Call: 2018
Zoey White
- Call: 2018
Georgina Swinglehurst
- Call: 2019
Vivien Croly
- Call: 2019
Kate Pearson
- Call: 2019
James Adams
- Call: 2021
Diana M. Panizzon-Pineda
- Call: 2021
Chelsea Bartlett
- Call: 2021
Glen Pritchard
- Call: 2022
Directory Quotes
St John’s Chambers is one of the leading sets on the Western Circuit for public and private child law work.”
St John’s Chambers is a strong set for divorce adn financial remedy work, with several barristers, including a KC, well-known across the Western Circuit for acting in high-value and technically complex cases.”
A lengthy roster of silks and juniors with invaluable expertise in a wide range of family and matrimonial matters. Chambers has good quality and experienced counsel available to deal with all aspects of cases and all levels of complexity.”
All of the barristers at St John’s are extremely capable of dealing with all types of matters, from simple cases through to incredibly complicated and contentious ones.”
The clerks are always available at the end of the phone or by email. If any issue arises they will go above and beyond in order to find a solution so that there is minimal difficulty to the instructing solicitor. A truly faultless service.”
St John’s Chambers is a very strong family set, housing a team which covers all aspects of family law.”
St John’s Chambers is very efficient and counsel are exceptional.”
St John’s Chambers has a lengthy roster of silks and juniors with invaluable expertise in a wide range of family and matrimonial matters. Members are particularly skilled at handling cross-jurisdictional matters for high net worth individuals, especially those concerning the division of assets as part of divorce proceedings. The barristers are frequently called upon to assist with the most complex public children mandates encompassing sexual abuse, brain injury and trafficking matters, and also take on private work such as Children Act proceedings. ‘It is an excellent chambers with strength at all levels,’ one interviewee notes.”
Luke Hodgson, practice manager, gives a service which feels tailored to the individual. This is mirrored by his team, whose response times to a request are always impressive. The chambers is very organised and very well run. The clerks go above and beyond and are very quick to respond to enquiries. The clerking team are friendly, approachable and extremely efficient, always exceeding expectations.”
Excellent set’ St John’s Chambers is ‘a go-to’ chambers in the South West for hard working, knowledgeable and good quality barristers across the board in the arena of family law.”
St John’s Chambers is home to a large team of family barristers specialising in high-profile public and private family matters on the Western Circuit.”
St John’s Chambers has a lengthy roster of silks and juniors with invaluable expertise in a wide range of family and matrimonial matters. Members are particularly skilled at handling cross-jurisdictional matters for high net worth individuals, especially those concerning the division of assets as part of divorce proceedings. The barristers are frequently called upon to assist with the most complex public children mandates encompassing sexual abuse, brain injury and trafficking matters, and also take on private work such as Children Act proceedings. ‘St John’s is our first choice of chambers on the Western Circuit. What sets them apart is the breadth and depth of their membership,” one source says.’ “
Luke Hodgson is the practice manager for the family team and Elaine Jewell-Moore, the family law practice team leader, is described as ‘particularly great, prompt and efficient.’ “
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Client Quotes
Solid set of family law barristers from most senior to most junior. Excellent support and collaboration provided to their up and coming juniors.”
“St Johns Chambers is one of the fore-front chambers offering counsel for Public Childcare. The clerks are particularly helpful and will go above and beyond to find cover for hearings at short notice.”
St John’s are very well respected in Bristol and the South West, used by our team across our offices. They have a range of specialisms and have assisted in cases involving children, complex finances and unmarried couples.”
Seminars & Events
- Past Event
Children public and private law conference
Venue: We the Curious, Bristol
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